Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[tangerinewolf]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Artwork!

[Show spoiler]





Shout titles:

credit to sonicyogurt for the heads-up

So, I suppose SF will "officially" announce all of these, probably tomorrow?

[Flex_MythoMass]

So Nov comes with five titles, right? I only have room on my shelf for four more. This is going to drive my anal self crazy.

EDIT: Wrong thread.

[xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx]

Yeah, I'm not gonna pick up the They Live steelbook then lol

[sancho]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Is it just me or has Shout customer service gotten worse the last few months? They’ve always been friendly and helpful in the decade I’ve been ordering direct but now all of sudden they’ve adopted a wolf warrior customer service mentality. Not surprisingly it coincides with their new insurance option.

Yep! Them, and a lot of other Company's customer service....has turned to shit lately.

[ukulelemonster]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Is it just me or has Shout customer service gotten worse the last few months? They’ve always been friendly and helpful in the decade I’ve been ordering direct but now all of sudden they’ve adopted a wolf warrior customer service mentality. Not surprisingly it coincides with their new insurance option.

I guess it's a YMMV kind of situation.

Shout customer service was very nice to me the last couple times. In September they replaced a broken case for me (Universal Horror collection) and this month, when I inquired about my 9/29 order, they were very polite and noted that one of my items was unexpectedly backordered and that they've notified their warehouse to expedite the backorder.

That being said, your situation might be a bit different. Either way I hope you were able to sort out your issue.

---

In a somewhat unrelated note, I caught myself typing "Wherehouse" and now I'm a little sad. Wherehouse and Tower Records got me into deep cut movies and music.

[DukeTogo84]

Well, I know a lot of people were complaining like crazy when Wrath of Man didn't get a 4K, so now they can finally get it.

Also the They Live artwork on the steelbook is actually really good.

[starsteam]

If SF can get recent MGM titles from Warner, I wonder if they could release Child's Play (2019) and B&T Face the Music to 4K.

[DukeTogo84]

After watching American Movie last week, I was thinking how we are still missing King of Kongs on Blu-ray. It's my personal favorite documentary and maybe Shout would be able to get this from WB for Blu-ray. Fantastic film.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by starsteam

If SF can get recent MGM titles from Warner, I wonder if they could release Child's Play (2019) and B&T Face the Music to 4K.

That would be awesome, be great if they had some of the deleted scenes as well.

[MifuneFan]

Everything is up at Amazon now:

Dawn of the Dead (2004) 4K
Freaky 4K
Ouija 4K
They Live 4K Steelbook
Jackie Chan Collection Vol. 1
Wrath of Man 4K

[filmlover22]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Well, I know a lot of people were complaining like crazy when Wrath of Man didn't get a 4K, so now they can finally get it.
.

I was going to get the bluray but was floored that it was bare bones. Not one supplement!

is the 4k any different?

[starsteam]

Originally Posted by filmlover22

I was going to get the bluray but was floored that it was bare bones. Not one supplement!

is the 4k any different?

Shout website shows no extras and doesn't mention that extras will be announced at a later date.

[jstxanothrxstory]

If they’re releasing Freaky, that gives me hope we’ll see 4Ks of the Blumhouse Halloween trilogy next October.

[mattc]

Originally Posted by jstxanothrxstory

If they’re releasing Freaky, that gives me hope we’ll see 4Ks of the Blumhouse Halloween trilogy next October.

What would be the point...? The Halloween movies already have brand new 4k releases whereas Freaky did not get one.

[jstxanothrxstory]

Originally Posted by mattc

What would be the point...? The Halloween movies already have brand new 4k releases whereas Freaky did not get one.

Because the extent of bonus features on the current releases are EPK fluff and a handful of deleted scenes when more exists? Not to mention it’d be nice for them to match the first eight.

That’s like saying what was the point of them putting out a 4K of the original film when it already had one from a few years back.

[mattc]

Originally Posted by jstxanothrxstory

Because the extent of bonus features on the current releases are EPK fluff and a handful of deleted scenes when more exists? Not to mention it’d be nice for them to match the first eight.

That’s like saying what was the point of them putting out a 4K of the original film when it already had one from a few years back.

Well if the studio was going to want to license these films out and give Scream Factory more deleted scenes then they wanted to put on their own initial release AND if Scream was actually able to get anyone (of substance) to come back already for new interviews and bonus features for them.....I seriously doubt that would happen already next year when the last one's 4k release doesn't even come out until December.

[The Great Owl]

Amy, played by Elizabeth Berridge, takes a break from her overprotective parents and her annoying little brother by going on a double date with friends to a traveling carnival that has set up shop in her hometown. During this rambunctious evening, after these four teenagers smoke marijuana and marvel at the tent attractions, they decide to spend the entire night in the carnival funhouse by discreetly stepping off of the ride carts before the doors are locked. Unfortunately for them, this funhouse is no ordinary funhouse. It is a people-getting-killed-in-ghastly-diabolical-ways house. Our unwitting partiers should have gone to the movies instead.

The 1981 horror feature, The Funhouse, directed by Tobe Hooper, lives up to its name in full as one of the most engaging scary movies of its era, thanks much in part to its endless barrage of nightmarish props presented in anamorphic Panavision as the lead characters navigate the setting. Mannequins and animatronic puppets are always a winning combination in cinema when it comes to generating unease. Much of the joy of watching this story also comes from the fact that, aside from Berridge's protagonist, the teenagers, who mercilessly heckle the sideshow employees and even steal money, are not entirely undeserving of their fates.

I have loved The Funhouse since my teen years, back when I checked out the VHS tape because of its amazing cover art and subsequently had crushes on the characters played by both Berridge and Largo Woodruff. Hooper, who helmed this endeavor during his streak of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Eaten Alive (1976), Salem's Lot (1979), Poltergeist (1982), Lifeforce (1985), Invaders from Mars (1986), and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), could do no wrong back then.

Be on the lookout for the always-amazing Kevin Conway, who plays multiple carnival barkers. Sylvia Miles, whom I always associate with her role as a realtor in Oliver Stone's Wall Street, is magnificent as a fortune teller. William Finley, a stalwart of grindhouse films, is also memorable as a magician.

Fun fact: The set pieces for this movie were reused in the music video for Billy Idol's “Dancing with Myself”, which was also directed by Hooper.


This Scream Factory 4K UHD Blu-ray looks stupendously good. Be sure to catch the new extras on the standard Blu-ray disc.

[jcole8882]

Where's the Dawn of the Dead 4k preorder on Shouts site???

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by jcole8882

Where's the Dawn of the Dead 4k preorder on Shouts site???

Neither that, nor the They Live Steelbook are on there. Shout have been slowly announcing titles on their social media today, so perhaps later tonight they'll post them. Hopefully it doesn't get caught in some weird limbo where they leaked out, but aren't actually announced.

[jcole8882]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Neither that, nor the They Live Steelbook are on there. Shout have been slowly announcing titles on their social media today, so perhaps later tonight they'll post them. Hopefully it doesn't get caught in some weird limbo where they leaked out, but aren't actually announced.

Oh ok.... also where did you find these leaks?